NEARLY ONE WEEK AFTER THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ORDERED EDD TO PAY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THOUSAND STILL HAVEN'T BEEN PAID. THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT INCLUDED OF THE -- INCLUDED IN THE STATES TALLY OF BACKLOG. THE DEPARTMENT WILL GET THOSE CHECKS OUT AS QUICKLY AS A KAMPETER EDD HAD PROMISED THAT WOULD HAPPEN BY TODAY. -- CHECKS OUT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. EDD HAS PROMISED THAT WOULD HAPPEN BY TODAY. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PAY MY RENT. THE GOVERNORS ORDER ONLY IS FOR THOSE WHO APPLIED AT LABOR DAY. THERE WERE NO ANSWERS FROM A SINGLE CALIFORNIA STATE OFFICIAL, NOT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND NOT FROM THE LABOR SECRETARY. THE BILLS ARE PILING UP. THERE ARE MEDICAL BILLS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BILLS. IS ALSO NOT CLEAR HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS DURING LABOR DAY WEEKEND HAVE BEEN PAID OR WHETHER THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER CAN APPLY TO PEOPLE LIKE HIM WHOSE PROBLEMS WITH EDD STARTED BEFORE THAT. EDD RELEASED A COPY OF ITS CONTRACT WITH DELOITTE, THE COMPANY THAT WAS PAID MILLIONS TO UP DATE THE COMPANY'S SOFTWARE.

California received a double dose of bad drought news on Tuesday, with state officials saying the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is far below normal and that residents again aren't coming close to meeting Gov. Jerry Brown's call for a 20 percent cut in water use.